Wikitravel and Certifi.ca founder Evan Prodromou launched an open-source microblogging tool that will give users--including those in the enterprise--an alternative to industry leader Twitter. Prodromou crafted an open source platform called Laconi.ca and

Grapevine, Tex. – Nortel Networks (TSX: NT) is working hard to shift its hardware-based applications to software that can run on commodity servers, the company told industry analysts and reporters at its annual

Microsoft is making industry-specific solutions available for its ERP product line, the company announced here at its 11th annual Convergence conference.Microsoft has tended to take a horizontal approach with its products, while partners

Many independent software vendors find themselves at a crossroads today.With upheaval in the industry - ranging from the emerging software as a service model (Saas) to tier-one vendors stepping on their turf -

Leveraging a 10-city Canadian marketing tour, Microsoft is hoping businesses and ISVs will be attracted to new versions of its relational database and its development system.“We think from a development and software application